Art of baking.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. HORNER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ART OF BAKING.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. HORNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Art of Baking, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It has for many years been customary to mark bread, and other baked foodproducts, especially those made from cereals, by at taching thereto agummed label but such practice is now being condemned as unsanitary.

The object of my present inventlon 1s, therefore, to provide animprovement in the production of such goods by which they may besatisfactorily branded in sanitary and attractive manner.

I11 the practice of my invention, the uncooked goods are produced in anyordinary and desired manner and when in condition for introduction intothe oven or other cooker, the article is subjected. to the searing, orlocal cooking, action of a heated brand of desired outline andornamentation. By this means the material of the article which has beenacted on by the brand assumes a permanent, or practically permanent,shape which is not later distorted. The branded article is thensubjected to the ordinary cooking action for which it has been designed, and the finished product bears the desired brand which, havingbeen preliminarily cooked, is not materially altered by the furthercooking action.

In the case of bread, made from wheat Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1911.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912. Serial No. 664,966.

flour, I have found that, after the dough has been formed into a loaf, aheated brand (as, for instance, a brand made to be electrically heatedby passage of current through wires forming the desired pattern of thebrand,) may be pressed lightly against the dough which will conform tothe surface of the brandeand quickly become locally cooked, so that theaffected portions of the dough will be suiiiciently stiff to resistdistortion as the loaf expands under the subsequent cooking which, whileproperly browning the rest of the loaf, does not burn or char thepreviously cooked brand.

By the above described operations, I am able to satisfactorily brandfood products in an entirely sanitary and attractive manner.

I claim as my invention:

1. That improvement in the art of producing bread which comprisesbranding the dough by locally applied heat, and subsequently baking thebranded dough.

2. That improvement in the art of producing cooked cereal foods, whichcomprises branding the dough by locally applied heat, and subsequentlycooking the branded dough.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 28th day of November, A. D. one thousandnine hundred and eleven.

IVILLIAM C. HORNER. [L. s]

Witnesses:

FRANK A. FAHLE, G. B. SoHLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G."

